Cover Supervisor at Holte School

Moseley School & Sixth Form; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and support

Supportive community and Governing & R

Talented staff team

Enthusiastic students

Quality CPD

Collaboration with partner schools

Job summary

Holte School in Birmingham is seeking an enthusiastic supervisor to support classes in the absence of the class teacher, providing curriculum support and administration.

Ideal candidates will have experience with 11-16s, strong communication, and the ability to maintain high behaviour standards while delivering pre-prepared activities.

This role offers training, a supportive community, and opportunities to collaborate with partner schools, contributing to student learning and wider school life.

Qualifications

• Have experience of supporting or working with young people aged 11 to 16.
• Have excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrate genuine commitment to working with young people and promoting educational achievement.
• Be confident in supervising whole classes and delivering pre-prepared learning activities in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring continuity of learning and maintaining high expectations for behaviour and achievement.
• Monitor student engagement and progress during lessons and provide clear feedback to the class teacher on completed work, behaviour and any issues arising.
• Be able to establish and maintain a positive learning environment through the consistent application of the school's behaviour expectations.
• Build positive and professional relationships with students, motivating, encouraging and challenging them to achieve their best.
• Demonstrate confidence, resilience and authority when managing groups of students.
• Be highly organised, with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage their workload effectively.
• Be flexible and adaptable, responding positively to changing priorities and circumstances.
• Be committed to delivering a high-quality service and contributing to the wider life of the school.
• Maintain high standards of professionalism, conduct and personal performance.
• Have high expectations of themselves and of students, supporting a culture of aspiration, achievement and success.

Responsibilities

• Supervise classes in the absence of the class teacher and deliver pre-prepared learning activities.
• Monitor student engagement and progress during lessons and provide feedback to the class teacher on completed work and any issues.
• Maintain a positive learning environment with consistent behaviour expectations.
• Contribute to the wider life of the school and support colleagues as required.

Skills

Classroom supervision

Behaviour management

Curriculum support

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About this Role

The applicant will provide short-term supervision of classes inthe absence of the class teacher and under the guidance of teaching/seniorstaff, providing curriculum support and administration.

The successful applicant will ideally:

• - Haveexperience of supporting or working with young people 11 to 16
• - Haveexcellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• - Demonstratea genuine commitment to working with young people and promoting educationalachievement.
• - Beconfident in supervising whole classes and delivering pre-prepared learningactivities in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring continuity of learningand maintaining high expectations for behaviour and achievement.i
• - Monitorstudent engagement and progress during lessons and provide clear feedback tothe class teacher on completed work, behaviour and any issues arising.
• - Beable to establish and maintain a positive learning environment through theconsistent application of the school's behaviour expectations.
• - Buildpositive and professional relationships with students, motivating, encouragingand challenging them to achieve their best.
• - Demonstrateconfidence, resilience and authority when managing groups of students.
• - Behighly organised, with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage theirworkload effectively.
• - Beflexible and adaptable, responding positively to changing priorities andcircumstances.
• - Becommitted to delivering a high-quality service and contributing to the widerlife of the school.
• - Maintainhigh standards of professionalism, conduct and personal performance.
• - Have high expectations of themselves and of students,supporting a culture of aspiration, achievement and success.

We offer:

• - Appropriatetraining and support, to enable success in this position
• - Asupportive community and Governing Board
• - Atalented staff team who welcome new challenges and are committed to supportingand developing colleagues
• - Enthusiasticstudents who are keen to learn
• - Qualitycontinuous professional development
• - Opportunitiesto work in collaboration with partner schools, where available.

H Holte School is an oversubscribed, diverse,multi-racial, 11-18 community school and is currently recognised as a 'NationalIQM Inclusion Champion' school. Visitors and new staff to our schoolconsistently comment on how calm it is, how polite and engaging our studentsare and of the positive atmosphere one feels when here. The school's ethos is built on strong relationshipsand values that we all live and breathe and are embedded within our culturallyrich school community. Our young people are proud of their school and theircommunity, having high aspirations that we see reflected in their conduct andengagement. Our pastoral offer and the size and experience of the team whodeliver it is a real strength of the school, supporting students, families andteachers. We have a strong and growing extracurricular offer and activelysupport opportunities outside of the classroom that positively develop culturalcapital and personal development. We work with a wide range of outside agencies,education providers and companies to further provide our young people with reallife experiences and the opportunity to engage with other people from a rangeof backgrounds. We are an inner-city school in a deprived area, but educationis highly valued by our community and the staff who work here genuinelymake a difference to the lives of the young people they teach, seeing highnumbers of our students progress into our 6th form and subsequently onto respected university courses.

We offer students atraditional broad and balanced curriculum across all key stages and believethat all students are entitled to access this. We strive to deliver high-qualityteaching and learning to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximisetheir potential, breaking down barriers to achievement and increasing socialmobility. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, andthis is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagueswho share this vision. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and aspecial school. Although we are very much separate schools, our students andstaff only benefit from all this brings.

We actively promotestaff wellbeing, supporting colleagues in what is a challenging yet rewarding profession. Staff feedback continues to tell us that Holte School is a placewhere people enjoy coming to work, feel they are valued and well-treated, andhave a clear sense of belonging.

We hopeyou will take the time to visit us, as it is only by stepping into our schooland meeting our students and staff, that you are able to appreciate the specialplace all who come here believe this school to be. To arrange a tour of the school,please contact Cherise Hogan, HR Manager, on 0121 566 4370.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding and safer recruitment,an online search, including social media checks, will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.

It is anticipated that interviews will take place as soon as possible. Please note that strong applications may be considered upon receipt.

Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line with the KCSIE guidance, including an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; ChildcareDisqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medicalfitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to providetwo suitable references. It is a requirement for all shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration oftheir criminal record and to undergo a general online search carried out by the school.

Thispost is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they aredisclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information aboutfiltering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.